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...Like many facilities at Harvard, the House system was a gift. Unsurprisingly, it was a gift from a wealthy white man. Surprisingly, this particular man was a Yalie named Edward Stephen Harkness. With millions from his shares in the Rockefellers’ golden swan, Standard Oil, Harkness was a philanthropic plutocrat in the tradition of Carnegie, Mellon, and Rockefeller himself. After being rebuffed by Yale, Harkness came to University President A. Lawrence Lowell in the fall of 1928, offering over $3 million to build a residential college system that would “bring into each group men from different...
...With the clock winding down and victory an inevitability, Ryabkina scored again to punctuate the Harvard win with just under three minutes left in the game.Cornell committed a pair of penalties—including a bizarre delay of game infraction when the Big Red’s Catherine White attempted to pick up the puck during a faceoff—Harvard found itself on a 5-on-3 power play.The Crimson pounded the net against an overmatched Cornell penalty kill, and after Mazzotta repelled point-blank shots by Vaillancourt and tri-captain Jenny Brine, Ryabkina slammed a rebound into...
...however, the Senate at long last passed the D.C. Voting Rights Act, granting the District’s heretofore symbolic congressperson a vote. With the House of Representatives and the White House likely to approve of the act, its passage is virtually guaranteed...
...expected, as Daschle was, to assume the role of White House health czar on top of her Cabinet responsibilities...
...Melisande is a mysterious tale evoking the origins of the French national sensibility. It features pastoral and water imagery which is reflected in the fluid, symmetrical movement of the dancers, as well as the effective costume and design choices. The curtain is drawn to reveal a stylized woodland scene. White curtains set off the deep emerald green background, and the cast of female dancers, in their long green tulle skirts, match their environment perfectly. The first half focuses on port de bras, with the dancers dividing into pairs and mirroring each other, again emphasizing the dreamy, aquatic nature...